When I began to think of man as a machine…

Oct 5, ’04. ¶ When I began to think of man as a machine I knew the number, form and working position of all bones of the body and how to adjust dislocations of the bones of the arm and leg [xx: bones], also those of the neck, but was not able to detect small variations. Thus the demand to study anatomy for [xx: physiological demands] more accurate anatomical & physiological knowledge. I soon [xx: grew to know] learned that to have health of body, [xx: that] all bones must stay where nature had placed them, or health would fail in proportion to the variation of any bone from perfect articulation in its own limited space. [xx: and] I found I must seek anew, and get not only better knowledge of form and place of the bones, but compare the differences in health and disease. Thus a rib slipped from transverse process of the spine would cause pressure on the structures of the intervertebral foramen, derange blood and nerve action to intercostal [xx: nerves and blood of arteries and veins.] spaces, Soon [xx: we will have] resulting in veinous congestion and inflammation of pleura, followed by pneumonia in some division of the lung or of the whole pulmonary system.

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Oct 5, ’04. ¶ When I began to think of man as a machine I knew the number, form and working position of all bones of the body and how to adjust dislocations of the bones of the arm and leg [xx: bones], also those of the neck, but was not able to detect small variations. Thus the demand to study anatomy for [xx: physiological demands] more accurate anatomical & physiological knowledge. I soon [xx: grew to know] learned that to have health of body, [xx: that] all bones must stay where nature had placed them, or health would fail in proportion to the variation of any bone from perfect articulation in its own limited space. [xx: and] I found I must seek anew, and get not only better knowledge of form and place of the bones, but compare the differences in health and disease. Thus a rib slipped from transverse process of the spine would cause pressure on the structures of the intervertebral foramen, derange blood and nerve action to intercostal [xx: nerves and blood of arteries and veins.] spaces, Soon [xx: we will have] resulting in veinous congestion and inflammation of pleura, followed by pneumonia in some division of the lung or of the whole pulmonary system.

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